Species that contain: Coryphopterus and duospilus [ 2 ] records

africanus, Fusigobius neophytus Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:208, Pl. 11 (fig. F) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 13; ref. 4122] Ibo, Mozambique. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 187 [?not 882]. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 880 (16), 881-883 (1, 1, 1), 899-901 (1, 1, 2). •Synonym of Fusigobius neophytus (Günther 1877), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Goren 1979:39 [ref. 1852], Dor 1984:245 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Fusigobius neophytus (Günther 1877) -- (Hoese & Reader 1985:7 [ref. 8155], Hoese 1986:789 [ref. 5670], Francis 1993:167 [ref. 25479]). •In the synonymy of Fusigobius duospilus Hoese & Reader 1985 -- (Larson 2022:88 [ref. 39971], in part). •Synonym of Coryphopterus neophytus (Günther 1877) -- (Greenfield & Randall 2004:518 [ref. 28175], Golani & Fricke 2018:154 [ref. 36273], Parenti 2021:158 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:90 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Synonym of Fusigobius neophytus (Günther 1877). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

duospilus, Fusigobius Hoese [D. F.] & Reader [S.] 1985:2, Figs. 1-2 [The J.L.B Smith Institute of Ichthyology Special Publication No. 36; ref. 8155] Escape Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, depth 19-22 meters. Holotype: AMS I.22619-026. Paratypes: AMS (30 lots, 129); ANSP (2 lots, 16); BPBM 21826 (4), 30334 (2); QM I.21259 (1); ROM (3 lots, 8); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] (3 lots, 6); UGM (1); USNM 243123 (7), 263427 (1), 263459 (2), 263583 (1); WAM (10 lots, 15 spec.). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:39 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:44 [ref. 30117], Ho & Shao 2011:56 [ref. 31432]. •Valid as Coryphopterus duospilus (Hoese & Reader 1985) -- (Randall 1995:797 [ref. 22357], Randall et al. 1997:529 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:250 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:504 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:93 [ref. 37268], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:636 [ref. 25122], Randall & Earle 2000:19 [ref. 25806], Randall 2001:208 [ref. 25665], Hutchins 2001:42 [ref. 25847], Myers & Donaldson 2003:644 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:76 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:27 [ref. 27624], Greenfield & Randall 2004:517 [ref. 28175], Randall 2005:524 [ref. 28239], Randall 2007:398 [ref. 30952]). •Valid as Fusigobius duospilus Hoese & Reader 1985 -- (Hoese 1986:789 [ref. 5670], Hoese & Obika 1988:286 [ref. 12745], Allen & Swainston 1988:134 [ref. 25477], Randall & Goren 1993:12 [ref. 21131], Allen 1997:216 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:129 [ref. 22867], Chen & Shao 1997:90 [ref. 23347], Nakabo 2000:1247 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:120 [ref. 25868], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293] as duospilos, Nakabo 2002:1247 [ref. 26193], Thacker & Cole 2002:839 [ref. 26548], Allen & Adrim 2003:58 [ref. 26830], Mundy 2005:475 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Larson 2006:1651 [ref. 29097], Motomura et al. 2010:212 [ref. 31256], Motomura et al. 2010:212 [ref. 31256], Ho & Shao 2011:56 [ref. 31432], Allen & Erdmann 2012:970 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:165 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33988], Motomura et al. 2015:29 [ref. 34709], Fricke et al. 2018:330 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:284 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:96 [ref. 36871] as cf. duospilus, Parenti 2021:157 [ref. 38603], Dewa et al. 2022:26 [ref. 40001], Larson 2022:88 [ref. 39971]). Current status: Valid as Fusigobius duospilus Hoese & Reader 1985. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Lord Howe Island (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.